THE BEER NUT: We're excited about these beer fests in Natick, Worcester

Norman Miller Daily News Staff @Norman_MillerMW

Wednesday

Aug 22, 2018 at 7:33 PMAug 22, 2018 at 7:36 PM

Lookout Farm in Natick will host a festival for beer and food lovers, while the Mass. Brewers Guild is bringing back one of its most popular events.

One of the oldest continually operating farms in the country will host a music, food and beer festival on Sept. 9.

The MetroWest Chamber of Commerce will hold its first ever Lookout Farm Harvest Fest at the Natick farm from noon to 6 p.m. The event will raise money for scholarships and the MetroWest Chamber’s Educational Foundation.

As for food options, there will be food from Lookout Farm itself, as well as Firefly’s BBQ of Marlborough.

There will also be live music from Dalton and the Sheriffs, Planet Nowhere and Eastern Screech.

Local vendors and exhibitors will be on hand, and there will be activities such as oversized lawn games, a hay pyramid, a playground and moon bounces.

Tickets for general admission are $15 for children and $18 for adults. Tickets to include entry to the craft beer portion of the festival are $40 ahead of time and $45 the day of the event. Those prices include general admission to the whole event. Tickets, and information about signing up as an exhibitor or vendor, are available at lookoutfarm.com and metrowest.org.

Also coming up is a celebration of Massachusetts beer making, the Mass. Brewers Guild's annual Mass. Fermentational, to be held on the Worcester Common on Oct. 6 from 1 to 5 p.m.

The Mass. Brewers Guild is the state’s trade association for the craft beer industry. Money raised is used to help pay for the state’s mobile beer trail map, to promote education and marketing programs for the state’s breweries, and to support government affairs work.

Last year the event drew about 1,500 people to the festival site at 455 Main St., and raised approximately $25,000.

The festival will draw more than 60 breweries, including a few guest breweries from out of state.

Guest out-of-state breweries include Big aLICe Brewing of New York, Mast Landing Brewing Company of Maine and Solemn Oath Brewery of Illinois.

“We are excited to be welcomed back by the City of Worcester for our second annual fall beer festival,” says Katie Stinchon, executive director of the Mass Brewers Guild. “The spacious park and city backdrop made for a great venue and we look forward to showing off the state’s amazing craft beer collection.”

Tickets are $45 each and includes unlimited two-ounce beer samples. Non-drinkers can buy designated driver tickets for $10. There will also be food from numerous food trucks available to purchase.

Tickets are available at massferm.eventbrite.com.

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